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I believe that the inclusion and discussion of ideas should be based on their cogency, validity and truthfulness. There are criteria that extend beyond the political distinctions that exist in Washington. Getting perspectives from the liberals, the conservatives, the anarchists, the communists and the libertarians is tedious and it misses the point. While one's political opinions may figure heavily into the teaching of, say, government, it has little to do with the effectiveness of a teacher of the Iliad or cell biology or whatever. More interesting questions are, "Is there such a thing as objective truth?" or ?Are humans more exemplary than other animals?? I expect that the stultifying consensus on basic philosophical questions, particularly among humanities profs, is more destructive than the ubiquity of dems. While the large number of dems may point left and may point to these basic philosophical positions, that may be an overgeneralization. More importantly, political affirmative action would breed such resentment as to make racial affirmative action look like an exercise in pleasant comity. Luckily, Horowitz will almost surely fail.

Why NOT affirmative action for conservatives (and libertarians, etc)? Equal protection under the law, particularly, demands that so long as Dartmouth maintains such policies based on race and gender, they must also do so on *creed*, which is defined as "a system of belief", which can be either a religion or a political persuasion.